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US 2015/0027969 A1Published application
Release latch
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKevin P. Bold, Kevin D. Conn, Keith A. Sauer, Minh H. Nguyen
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Abstract
A release latch apparatus can include a locking mechanism coupled to a first position of a rocker and a spring mechanism coupled to a second position of the rocker.
Claims15
A release latch apparatus, comprising:
- a locking mechanism coupled to a first position of a rocker;
- a spring mechanism to change a position of the locking mechanism, wherein the spring mechanism is coupled to a second position of the rocker;
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- a button to change a position of the spring mechanism, wherein the button is located at an accessible position on a server rail opposite of the spring mechanism.
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A release latch system, comprising:
- a first release latch on a first server rail, wherein the first release latch includes a first locking mechanism, a first spring mechanism to change a position of the first locking mechanism, and a first button located at an accessible position on the first server rail opposite of the first spring mechanism;
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- a second release latch on a second server rail, wherein the second release latch includes a second locking mechanism, a second spring mechanism to change a position of the second locking mechanism, and a second button located at an accessible position on the second server rail opposite of the second spring mechanism, and
- wherein the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism are disabled to release a server attached to the first server rail and the second server rail.
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A release latch system, comprising:
- a server rack that includes a plurality of server rails to position a plurality of servers;
- a first release latch located at a first position on a first server rail of the plurality of server rails, comprising:
- a first locking mechanism coupled to a first position of a rocker;
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- a first spring mechanism coupled to a second position of the rocker;
- a second release latch located at a second position on a second server rail of the plurality of server rails, comprising:
- a second locking mechanism coupled to a first position of a rocker;
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- a second spring mechanism coupled to a second position of the rocker.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.